Synthesis and cellular studies of PEG-functionalized meso-tetraphenylporphyrins

Martha Sibrian-Vazquez, Timothy J. Jensen, M. Graca H. Vicente*
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology 86 (2007) 9–21
and the synthesis of meso-(p-nitrophenyl)porphyrins:
Synthesis and reactions of meso-(p-nitrophenyl)porphyrins
Raymond Luguya, Laurent Jaquinod, Frank R. Fronczek, M. Graca H. Vicente* and Kevin M. Smith*
Tetrahedron 60 (2004) 2757–2763
and its potential application in cancer therapy:
Synthesis of a porphyrin-labelled carboranyl phosphate diester: a potential new drug for boron neutron capture therapy of cancer
Andreas Maderna, Ramon Huertas, M. Frederick Hawthorne,* Raymond Luguya and M. Graça H. Vicente*
CHEM. COMMUN., 2002, 1784–1785 
and research on nucleic acid interaction:
Novel ebselen–porphyrin conjugates: Synthesis and nucleic acid interaction study
Zhi Xue, An-Xin Hou,* Daniel Wei-Jing Kwong and Wai-Kwok Wong* 
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 17 (2007) 4266–4270 
and the early nitration approach of TPP:
Regiospecific Aryl Nitration of Meso-Substituted Tetraarylporphyrins: A Simple Route to Bifunctional Porphyrins
William J. Kruper, Jr.,* Thomas A. Chamberlin, and Monica Kochanny

J. Org. Chem. 1989,54, 2753-2756
and further research on selective di-nitration:
Preparation of meso-Tetraarylporphyrins Nitrated in Two Neighboring Aromatic Rings
Stanislaw Ostrowski,* and Beata Bopuszynska
Synthetic Communications 2003, 33, 4101
and TPP-metal complex for LED application:
Multifunctional platinum porphyrin dendrimers as emitters in undoped phosphorescent based light emitting devices
Yanqin Li, Aurora Rizzo, Marco Salerno, and Marco Mazzeo, Cheng Huo and Yue Wang, Kechang Li, Roberto Cingolani and Giuseppe Gigli
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 2006, 89, 061125Â